Perceiving Others: The Psychology of Interpersonal Perception

ISBN-13: 9781032003795 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 190 str.

Mark Cook

Opis

Originally published in 1979, this title is an excellent, short introduction to the area of social psychology known as ‘person perception’, ‘social perception’ or ‘impression formation’ – how people interpret each others’ moods, predict each others’ behaviour and sum up each others’ characters.

Spis treści

Preface.  1. The Problem: Issues in Person Perception  Part 1: Processes Involved in Perceiving Other People  2. Inference or Intuition? The Mechanisms of Person Perception  3. Putting the Pieces Together: Processing Multiple Cues  Part 2: Sources of Information in Perceiving Other People  4. Information Received: Inferences from Superficial Characteristics  5. The Reason Why: Inferences from Behaviour  6. Implicit Personality Theories: Inferences from Inferences  Part 3: Accuracy in Perceiving Other People  7. ‘Cronbach’s Components’: The Methodological Problems of Accuracy Research  8. The Good Judge of Others: Accuracy in Everyday Encounters  9. The Interview: Accuracy in Professional Encounters.  Bibliography.  Name Index.  Subject Index.

O autorze

Mark Cook